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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11318
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14157
13 Actual Demand 11029
14 Aggregate Planning 11964
15 Air Cargo 9876
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6486
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34625
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15221
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18980
20 Assembly Line 21771
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22733
22 Average Speed of Answer 26412
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22788
24 Batch Production 37814
25 Bill Discounting 14227
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10926
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6974
28 Blanket Release 9820
29 Bonded Warehouse 9909
30 Booking Number 13499
31 Bottleneck 9305
32 Buffer Stock 58592
33 Build to Stock 12773
34 Bullwhip Effect 9362
35 Business Logistics 25249
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12381
37 Capacity Management 39844
38 Capacity Utilization 13866
39 Capital Intensive 8186
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8478
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11924
42 Certified Supplier 8851
43 Channel Effectiveness 8810
44 Co-Destiny 9100
45 Co-managed Inventory 12274
46 Co-Packers 11601
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6683
48 Computer-Based Training 7547
49 Consular Invoice 19438
50 Container Depot 10433
51 Container Freight Station 10165
52 Continuous Replenishment 19276
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11896
54 Contract Carrier 7228
55 Contract of Affreightment 11256
56 Control Charts 7813
57 Cost Flow 10126
58 Courier Service 14985
59 CPFR 8066
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11603
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43633
62 Date Code 17895
63 Days of Supply 19589
64 Dead on Arrival 9027
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7144
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7928
67 Detective Control 8749
68 Devanning 14062
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10678
70 Dispatching 23920
71 Distributed Inventory 8212
72 Distribution Channel Management 34272
73 Distribution Metrics 8844
74 Distribution Planning 23990
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14964
76 Double Marginalization 52346
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22085
78 Dual 5324
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20391
80 Echelon Inventory 25941
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38050
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49144
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7462
84 Efficient Frontier 25130
85 Engineer-to-Order 31412
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16091
87 Erlang B Formula 9170
88 ETD 8155
89 Ex Works 7721
90 Exception Rate 13242
91 Exponential smoothing 9677
92 External Growth 9883
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9270
94 Field Services 7632
95 Field Warehouse 9753
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8545
97 Fishbone Diagram 14412
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26683
99 Flow Through Distribution 12126
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8003
101 FOB Destination 12802
102 Forward buying 29834
103 Freight Charge 10166
104 Freight Consolidation 7389
105 Gantt Chart 8169
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11521
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29297
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12502
109 Hub 23166
110 Idle Time 7922
 
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